Roman Catholic Diocese of Ituiutaba
Catholic ecclesiastical territory
Diocese of Ituiutaba Dioecesis Ituiutabensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Brazil |
Ecclesiastical province | Uberaba |
Statistics | |
Area | 22,742 km2 (8,781 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 345,000 295,000 (85.5%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 16 October 1982 (41 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral São José |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Francisco Carlos da Silva |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Paulo Mendes Peixoto |
Map | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ituiutaba (Latin: Dioecesis Ituiutabensis) is a diocese located in the city of Ituiutaba in the ecclesiastical province of Uberaba in Brazil.[1]
History
- 16 October 1982: Established as Diocese of Ituiutaba from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Uberaba and Diocese of Uberlândia
Bishops
- Bishops of Ituiutaba (Roman rite)
- Bishop Aloísio Roque Oppermann, S.C.J. (1983.01.22 – 1988.11.09), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Campanha, Minas Gerais; future Archbishop
- Bishop Paulo Sérgio Machado (1989.09.24 – 2006.11.22), appointed Bishop of São Carlos, São Paulo
- Bishop Francisco Carlos da Silva (2007.09.19 – 2015.09.30), appointed Bishop of Lins, São Paulo
- Bishop Irineu Andreassa, O.F.M. (2016.11.30 - present)
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
- João Gilberto de Moura, appointed Bishop of Jardim, Mato Grosso do Sul in 2013
References
- ^ "CNBB Leste 2". CNNB Leste 2. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
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